Tesla stock drops on Q4 earnings miss, EV maker warns production growth rate will be 'notably lower' than 2023 - eviltoast

I’m enjoying this. Also Musk went out and said that he wants barriers on trade or else the Chinese companies will dominate the market.

I thought Musk would be happy, because he truly wants to save the planet doesn’t he? It shouldn’t matter if he or someone else makes the best electric cars then?

    • fuckwit_mcbumcrumble@lemmy.world
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      9 months ago

      The cheap chinese EVs are only really cheap because of the heavy subsidies provided by the Chinese governments. And they’re mostly really targeting developing nations where a cheap car really matters. The US is already flooded with cars, and money so it’s going to be a lot harder to break into that market. Plus both the people and the government have their biases against the Chinese to boot.

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        9 months ago

        and they are designed to last 5 years and are rusting so bad that Russians are regretting them.